Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-18
KILLED ON THE ROAD
AxRoRo PREACHER KILLED IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
MISTAKEN for Another Man-Residence
Burned Railroad subscription
The creps-The Teachers.
Ispecia, telegram to the pispa,ch.I

Arlington (colorodl on the Edgccombc
county line under very peculiar circum-
stances. Two negro men Quarrelled and
one determined 10 Kill the other. He Law in
ambush in the swamp near the road at
nlghtial. lie soon heard man approach
ing and fired. The entire lead Of shot took
effect, and the man tell dead in the road.
The victim was Arlington
wilkes county has voted 100000 sub
scription 10 the Northwestern North Caro-
lima railway extension from Winston 10
Wilk,sboro'. The proposition was carried
yesterday by over 400 majority.
Mrs. James III. Enniss. the wife OF the
editor Of the North Curolind Farmer. died
al her home here this afternoon Of a can.
cerous affection. Her age was ffty.fOur
yesn.
RESIDENCE BURNED.
The residence Of Henry VI. Marrow, in
Irodell county. has been burned, with all
the furniture and other contents.
MIR. Kerr Craig. appointed collector OF
the new Fifth revenue district, has gone 70
Washington. There are rrmors that he
viii decline the appointment.
The MeihodiSts Of Durham held meet
irc last night and arranged for the building
al a female seminary 10 cost $4,000.
The chairmon Of the boards OF com.
missioncTs Of the counties through
which the North Carolina railroad
runs-irom GoldsbOro to Charlotte met
here this afternoon as board to
assess the value OF the line in each county,
and also 10 assess the value Of the rolliag-
stock. +. VI. Holt. president OF the road,
was present, with Ruilin Graham aS coun-
sci for The road and George II. SNOW for
10 .nnvtio. Tho road l. 11c miles long
The gross valuation par mile is $4,000:
the value OF the rolliDg-Stcck, S20D,000
the value Of other properly, $3.50, the
value Of franchise, S226.0OO; the value OF
capital stock, 100000; rate OF value per
mile as assessed Tor taxation by the board,
s2,77S.
NEWS OF The CROPS.
Reports from the Cape.Fear section say
that the crops never looked better. Thev
are clean, and the stands are unusually
good.
The chiuch.bue, a dreaded insect, is do
ing much damage in parts OF Chatham.
The cotton received a slight setback 10y
reason q the h:e cold snap; but not
enough, the reports say, 10 cause bad re-
suits.
The bulk Of the wheat crop east Of the
mountains will be harvested 10y the middle
al next week.
Members Of the Farmers Alliance are at
work in this state forming lodges Of that
order. which ii Is proposed TO extend all
over the cotton belt.
IRE EXTRA-SESSION FOOLISUNESS.
The New York Times. the day after
Judge Bonds remarkable decision in the
special.taX bond suit in the Federal Court
81 Raleigh. published a dispatch about the
matter, in which il was said that Governor
Scales would call an extra session Of the
Legislature % consider the matter OF levy
ing a tax TO meet the interest on the bonds.
80. The telegram was not sent by the
IiWCS'S regular CORES pOndcnt here. bat
was furnished, that correspondent says, by
a New York lawyer interested in the spe-
ciai.taX bonds and IN the attempt to secure
their recognition. Governor scales has
never bad the lea>tidca Of calling the LeSiS-
laiUre Together for any purpose, and Of
course, least Of all, for anything so absurd
a. this. The Glover foot shows Itself clear
". You were teleeraphCd months ago
about what TourGee loi fragrant memory
once told your cOTrespondeDt-that no stone
would be- l,ft uuturned until the south, ana
North Carolina particularly, was forced TO
recognize an such bonds. and that the SUI
Irtme Court would get hold Of the matter
by aud by.
l. CRIME on TUE INCREASE!
Judge Phillips recently expressed the
opinion that crime T. on the increase in the
tlIs State. There j. great Oeal Of II. but
certainly not n much a. there WAS some
ycaIS ago. There have been fewer muir
dtrs 80 FAR in 1881 than for any six months
in several years past. The number of con-
81 =, n,
a. usual. crimes are certainly, IL a rule,
more quicklV than some years
stree. Yet Justice sometimes moves with
hating >tep.
4 negro named William Burton. charged
with murder IN wilson count; iIst
month. has been arrested in Richmond
county.
AMONG TIE NEwSPAPEES.
Yesterdays issue Of the Gold>aoro' Ncs.
sosGor Wa> it, lat, and Editor BoGitz IN
il SAID goodbye To Gold.b0ro', where for
twenty year. ne has worked 50 hard and
well. TIE paper reappeiyS next Ihur'.
day q WILMINGTON a. the WILMINGTON
Messenger. The daily will bc OF eight
pages and about the size Of the CHI rles on
N,rS and COiG1er.
There j. some ttIk among the fraternity
about a monument 10 the memory OF Mr..
y. NJ. Hale, surely one u the aDiest editors
this State has ever known. But mOnu-
mentSris slowly IN North Carolina. There
il none a, vet, despite all the talk, over the
grave Of the lamcnIed Shotwel.
NE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY.
The interest OF many thousand people OF
this State j. centcIed in MOrehead and the
great gathering there iust now. In num-
bers II far surpasses any a>scmblage IN the
state, and the skill shown in preparing
literary work for so many minds i only
equaled ~ that manifested in the arrange
nent Of the social features which mark IL,
this year particularly.
Lieutenant Francis WnslOw, United
States navy, who j. at present engaged IN
making the survey Of tine oyster waters OF
the State. delivers a special lecture to-
morrow evening.
SUNDAYS during the session OF the a.
sembly are 10 be well spent. Mornings and
evenings will be devoted b religious eXer-
cises, and afternoons 10 sunday scnool
work, with special Bible lessons.
At the close Of the assembly, on the 3O,E,
The members, or rather some 200 Of them
perhaps 800 or more), will leave on The |
excursion TO Washington, u. {. The
route has been changed. ana the cost oil
tickets reduced 10 the lowest hSure on re-
cord $3.50 for the round trip. The route |
" iH be- from Goldsboro' TO RIcige. R1leigh |
% Weldon. Weldon TO Portsmouth, thence |
by Potomac steamer.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
A malignant form Of dySentery i causing |
much mortality in Lenoir county.
The libel snt Of the Durham Cotton |
Mills rs. G. +. King, editor OF the crafts !
nan, the Charlotte labor paper, was cur |
renily reported 10 have been settled. II |
was not 30 disposed Of, but will be tried a |
he next term Of Durham superior Court.
A military company has been organized |
II Lumbtrton.
The Governor has received instructions
IN regard TO the issue OF the annual quota
Il ordnance and QuartermasieT stores after
July 1T next. when, under the DeS law,
his State will receive Sl0,l3S yearly. Re. |
luisitious are 10 be made upon tie Score |
ary Of War, and the accountability i 10 be
ust a. that in the regular service. The |
stores, IL would appear, are 10 be IN All re- |
.pects the same a. those issued the res ular |
army.
Durham will this year celebrate the Fourth |
o. July IN the oid.iashiOned style, aud, Of
course. handsomely.
THE FLAG QUESTION.